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Table 3 Drugs types involved in deaths involving multiple drugs

From: Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records

Drug combinations identified

Proportion of deaths (n = 126)* (%)

2 drug types

 

 Opioid(s) + one other drug type

51 (40.0)

 Opioid(s) + benzodiazepines

19 (15.1)

 Opioid(s) + alcohol

11 (8.7)

 Opioid (s) + methamphetamine

6 (3.4)

 Opioid(s) + cocaine

5 (4.0)

 Opioid(s) + cannabis

4 (3.2)

 Opioid(s) + antidepressants

3 (2.4)

 Opioid(s) + antipsychotics

3 (2.4)

 Two other drug types (excluding opioid(s))

1 (0.8)

3 or more drug types

 

 Opioid(s) + two or more other drug types

70 (56.6)

 Opioid(s) + benzodiazepine + other drug type(s)

60 (47.6)

 Three or more drug types (excluding opiod(s))

4 (3.2)

All multiple drug cases

 

 Opioid(s) + any other drug type(s)

121 (96.0)

 Any two or more drug types (excluding opioid(s))

5 (4.0)

  1. *data missing for 17 accidental drug-related deaths